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Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club

Locality: Hawley Beach

Address: 1 Dumbleton Street 7307 Hawley Beach, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.portsorellslsc.org.au

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24.01.2022 Lovely day at Clifton in the waves great effort team Portsie

23.01.2022 We reached another major milestone in our redevelopment project this morning, with the pouring of our roof slab. It was great to see the local Portsy team from Tas Coastal Concreting on site bright and early to add their skilled touch to the project. The team at the Oliver Kelly Group will now start putting the finishing touches to our new home ... Though the project is primarily about expanding our change facilities for our growing membership, it has the added benefit of providing an amazing deck area for events such as our popular annual summer markets. We can't wait to welcome our community to explore the new facilities! Watch this space for announcements about the official opening!

23.01.2022 If you're in need of anything for the pool or surf, today would be a great day to visit the Engine pop-up shop at Port Sorell. Our friends at DC Watercraft have everything ENGINE; backpacks, deck parkas, track pants, googles, etc. available at 20 Bretecca Close, Port Sorell until 4pm today!

23.01.2022 Our regular surf ski training group just keeps growing and growing! The first weekend of spring brought 13 people out for a training session led by our ski coach, Dave Dowling. Better still, we welcomed members from Devonport Surf Life Saving Club and Burnie Surf Life Saving Club to train with us.... Our clubs are rivals in competition on only a few weekends each year; the rest of the year we love to train and work together as part of the much wider surf lifesaving family

21.01.2022 Did you know that Australia's surf lifesavers volunteer more than 16 million hours of their time to help keep their communities safe on our beaches? Port Sorell SLSC's own volunteers spent more than 1400 hours patrolling our beaches last summer, as well as providing a 24/7 emergency response capability outside of those hours. We estimate that our volunteers spend more than double that number of hours in training, running our Nipper programs and arranging dozens of community e...vents and functions. Surf Life Saving Australia’s (SLSA) services to the community and its members are valued at an estimated $6.5 billion per year to the Australian economy. The new report by Deloitte Access Economics shows The services and cooperation of Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) around the country both now and in the future show for every $1 invested into SLSA, a return of $20 is achieved. https://sls.com.au/about-us/our-value/

21.01.2022 ***POSTPONED*** Due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been necessary to postpone this event. We hope to reschedule for later in the season, so please look out for update details. Our apologies to all those who had reserved tickets.... __________________________________________________________ Get in quickly for another enjoyable evening with friends at the Surf Club. Talented Magician Gareth Bell will rove the tables and leave you scratching your head in amazement. Food & Entertainment is only $25pp! There are only 40 tickets available, so book your tables asap!

21.01.2022 Our volunteer surf lifesavers were back in action on the water this weekend, with 9 of our patrol members training to crew our Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRBs). Their course was cut short by COVID at the end of last season, but the course resumed this weekend and will be completed in a few weeks. The new crew members will join our volunteer teams that patrol at the northern end of Freers Beach commencing on 5th December. ... Our emergency response teams are available 24/7 to respond to emergencies on our waterways.

20.01.2022 NIPPER REGISTRATION DAY Saturday October 24th 10am to 2pm ... For all NEW and existing members, on the day we will have uniform sales, sausage sizzle, beach activities and more. If you have any queries about Junior Nippers please contact Kayla Christie on 0478725055 We hope to see you there!

19.01.2022 Our friends from DC Watercraft will setting up their pop-up store at the club during Nipper training this Saturday. It’s a great opportunity to grab some Engine gear for the pool or the surf, or to help Santa out by doing some Christmas shopping. Dave will also have a handful of flipper boards available for sale, or you can speak to him about availability of larger boards and surf sports equipment.

18.01.2022 Swimming proficiencies for Nippers! Thursday 29th 4:30pm-5:30pm OR Saturday 31st 9am-10am held at Splash in Devonport. No entry payment needed, just tell the desk you are here with the Port Sorell Surf Club for your proficiency. ... Each Nipper who has registered is required to complete a swimming proficiency, this consists of a small swim and a float in the pool. Depending on your age group is how far you will swim, for example U8s is a 25m swim at your chosen stroke. Nippers are only required to attend one session, just show up between those times, complete your swim and then you are good to go! Any questions please contact Kayla Christie on 0478725055 or Natasha Armitstead on 0428275811. See you at the pool

18.01.2022 Psssst! Want a sneak peek at our new facilities? Our builders, Oliver Kelly Group, are putting the finishing touches on our new _enormous_ change facilities. ... Those who have squeezed into our old change rooms will understand why we’re so excited for them to be finished, especially given our growing membership. For our community, we’re thrilled to be able to provide public facilities adjacent to Pirate Park, including an accessible shower and toilet.

18.01.2022 Why not make the most of the no-show public holiday with a visit to beautiful Freers Beach and our community’s surf club? The club will be open upstairs from 5pm and the bar is stocked with a wide range of wines, beers and soft drinks. Support our local food retailers by grabbing some take-away and enjoying it on the beach, or on our balcony overlooking the water.... George and Dave's Shearwater food co

18.01.2022 This morning at nippers training, some of our U12-U13 nippers took place in a surf smart lesson and learnt about the human body and how it works, and why it is important to look after our bodies. Big thanks to Ian Forbes for taking this session with our nippers!

17.01.2022 For those that missed out last week, our friends at DC Watercraft will be back at the club during Nippers this morning.

16.01.2022 The 2020/21 Surf Sports season kicks off on the 10th October with the Somerset Enduro. After a rather abrupt and unplanned end to the last season, we can't wait to get see this one up and running!

16.01.2022 Important Notice regarding the Port Sorell Swim on Saturday Unfortunately due to the inclement weather predicted for the weekend the ocean swim has been postpon...ed. The club will advise a revised date in due course. Refunds can be requested via Webscorer or Paypal. Next swim is scheduled for January 2nd. The Brooke Street Pier 1200 at Seven Mile Beach. See more

16.01.2022 Great day in Somerset.

16.01.2022 It was a big weekend for our competitors at the Carlton Park surf festival. Well done to Amelia Burbury for entering all water events. Ben Burbury was a super star in the ski. Oliver Hart chased his speedy Dad in the 5km run. Cooper Armitstead was first place in the open board and 6th place in the 1.5km swim. An awesome swim by Seth Armitstead coming 1st in the 500 m swim. With his cousin Jordy Armitstead right behind him in second place. ... Amelia, Oliver, Seth, Jordy and Cooper backed up on Sunday with squad training on entries and exits and reading waves! See more

16.01.2022 The action is just heating up on a perfect day for the Junior Surf Carnival at Port Sorell SLSC. The food trucks are delivering a range of delicious food until around 8pm and the surf sport events continue until around 3:30pm. We’d love to see our local community pop down to see what’s happening and to say hi to the 371 Nippers here to compete from all around Tasmania.

15.01.2022 Well done to our Portsie Nippers!! A fabulous day of fun in the sun

15.01.2022 We wish Lachie and Cooper the best this week at the Development Camp. We are excited to hear about what they have learnt and have them share their experiences with our Club.

14.01.2022 Surf Life Saving volunteers from across the North West had their skills and training put to the test this afternoon when they responded to a simulated aviation incident near Wrights Island, just north of Devonport Airport. Emergency Response Team (ERT) members from Port Sorell Surf Life Saving Club, Devonport Surf Life Saving Club and Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club were scrambled by the Surf Life Saving Tasmania Duty Officer to respond to reports of a light aircraft which h...ad crashed in waters offshore. Strong wind and choppy seas presented challenging search conditions for the Inflatable Rescue Boat crews as they searched for casualties in the water and on the nearby islands. ERT members responded from their homes to their respective surf clubs to collect boats and equipment, before heading to Moreland Beach. The exercise was deliberately staged between Devonport and Port Sorell surf clubs to test the response times and the operational response to the incident. Despite the distances involved, the first IRBs were on scene a little over 30 minutes from the first notification and located all casualties from a search area of almost 4 square kilometres within 45 minutes. As part of a culture of continuous improvement, lessons learned from the exercise will be used to review and refine our Standard Operating Procedures for the coming surf patrol season. Emergency Response Team members are on-call 24/7 to respond to incidents on our waterways, and to support emergency responses across Tasmania. #rescueready365 #practicemakesperfect #emergencyvolunteers #emergencyresponseteam #surfrescue.

13.01.2022 Some of you might be wondering where our newsletter is . Mailchimp, the service that works behind the scenes to pull the newsletter together and fire it through the internet to your screens, is currently experiencing some outages . The newsletter will appear at some point, hopefully soon, but, in case it takes a while, don't forget our Registration Day at the club tomorrow - 10am until 2pm!

13.01.2022 Lovely day in the waves at Clifton. Great effort from team Portsie!

12.01.2022 Port Sorell nippers would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

10.01.2022 Join us at the club this Friday evening to kick off the Grand Final weekend celebrations. Somehow, Ken & Calton have made sense of the season to work through your pre-COVID footy tips and the winners will be announced during the evening. The bar will be open & $5 will get you some finger food for the evening.... RSVPs to Ken on 0419 789 696 please.

10.01.2022 Tonight the nippers and their friends enjoyed our nipper launch pajama party, it was so great to see so many new children attend who are eager to hit the beach in 2 weeks! Thankyou to our club captains and nipper parents for organising this fun night, you all did an amazing job! Just a reminder, our club registration day is THIS Saturday at 10am-2pm, come on down and say hello to us!

09.01.2022 A huge thank you to Devonport Surf Life Saving club for hosting the senior carnival on Sunday! It was fabulous to have so many competitors enjoying the challenge and atmosphere.

09.01.2022 Port Sorell SLSC Newsletter -

09.01.2022 Congratulations to all those who participated in our carnival yesterday, and a HUGE thank you to all of our members, nipper parents and helpers that all contributed to the success of the day.

09.01.2022 Merry Christmas to our wonderful, supportive community from all of us at Port Sorell SLSC. Our volunteer surf lifesavers will be patrolling the north end of Freers Beach from 11-4pm on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Sunday and the Boxing Day public holiday on Monday. Thank you to all of our members who have volunteered their time to help keep our community safe on the beach this Christmas ... Don’t forget that our annual markets commence this Sunday 27th December with the bar opening from 3pm and the markets commencing at 5pm. #swimbetweentheflags

08.01.2022 Fabulous day at Burnie surf club for the first round of Ironocean competition. Great effort by our athletes. With three of them getting to wear the yellow leaders rashie and holding the overall winner in their age group for round 1!!

07.01.2022 Congratulations to our 8 teams who will be competing in the first round of the Tasmanian Surf Teams League this weekend in Burnie. For the full list of teams ...go to the SLST website https://www.slst.asn.au/surf-s/tasmanian-surf-teams-league/ or the surf sports section of the SLST App. If there are any entries that have genuinely been missed please contact Shayne Jupp directly via email @ [email protected]

07.01.2022 Congratulations to all of our friends at Penguin Surf Life Saving Club on your well deserved win. It’s fantastic to see a small club like our own achieving so much to support your members, the Tasmanian surf lifesaving family and your local community. An exceptional achievement!

06.01.2022 Nippers from around Tasmania will gather at Port Sorell SLSC this Saturday for Round 3 of the SLST Statewide Junior Carnival series. Junior athletes from 7-14yo will compete in a range of events including swim, board, flags and sprints, and we'd love you to be there to cheer them on! To add to the Carnival atmosphere, there will be a variety of food trucks throughout the day, and live music from ~3pm.... Parking is limited, so we'd encourage our local community to walk down to the club if possible. Car parking will be available on Shearwater Park, at the end of Freer Street. Please remember to be COVID safe and sign in on arrival. #portsorellslsc #bringingthecommunitytothebeach

05.01.2022 What a spectacular start to our 2020/21 Nipper season! 59 nippers enjoyed a taste of the activities that are planned for the coming months, and it was fantastic to see so many smiling faces on our beach once again Thank you to our nipper parents and caregivers for their patience whilst the Junior Activities team put their plans into action for the first training session, and congratulations to our Age Managers for keeping our growing Nipper membership engaged and entert...ained. We’ve seen enormous growth over the last season and the numbers on the beach tonight only represented 2/3 of our Nipper membership. We’re so excited to see so many of our community enjoying the club and our beautiful beaches. We hope to see everybody on the beach on Saturday!

03.01.2022 Our 20/21 nipper season starts this Thursday 5th November 5pm-6pm. Our first session will look a little different, we will have 4 stations set up where age groups will rotate through, this is to give our nippers an introductory into what they can expect throughout the nipper season. There will be no water activities for our first thursday session only... Bring $2 to grab a sausage after training! Trainings will be held Thursday's 5pm-6pm and Saturdays 10:30am-12pm. (Water training will begin Saturday 7th November)

03.01.2022 A spectacular day for some more ski training for some of our senior surf athletes...

02.01.2022 Nipper Christmas party! Saturday 19th Dec 10:30am on the beach for games and fun (and a sneaky Santa visit!) 12pm onwards in the club for lunch. Flippers through to U10s please bring a salad to share ... U11s through to U14s please bring a dessert to share MEAT PROVIDED Come along and join in on the nipper fun!

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01.01.2022 Three recreational anglers avoided a cold night on the water this evening, thanks to the prompt response of the Port Sorell SLSC Emergency Response Team. The trio suffered engine problems in waters north of Narawntapu National Park, 1km east of the Rubicon estuary. Our surf lifesaving volunteers launched one of the club’s Inflatable Rescue Boats within 10 minutes of being activated by Surf Life Saving Tasmania’s Duty Officer.... Our IRB team, brothers Jesse and Ross Beveridge, were able to tow the stricken 5 metre fishing boat and its relieved occupants four kilometres back to the Port Sorell boat ramp. : Ross Beveridge #rescueready365 #emergencyvolunteers

01.01.2022 It’s a stunning start to the day at Port Sorell SLSC. We can’t wait to welcome athletes from around Tasmania who are competing in the third SLST Statewide Junior Carnival today. #bringingthecommunitytothebeach